Improvement in horseshoes



ennuh ittta sind To all whom it Amay concern:

JOHN S. ROBERTSON, OF WOOD END, NEAR OATHOART, SCOTLAND.

Letters Patent No. 109,055, dated November 8, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT INA HORSESHCES.

he Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

Be it known that l, JOHN S. ROBERTSON, ot' Wood End, near Oatbcart, inScotland, have invented a new -and useful Improvement in Horseshocs; andI do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof', which will enable 'others skilled in the art tomake and use the same, reference Abeing had to the accompanying drawingforming part.

of this specification.

The object of this invention is to provide an appliance by means Ofwhich horses may in a few minutes be fitted for encountering icc andsnow, and by means of which the foot will be protected; and

It consists in aimetallic plate attached to the ordinary horseshoe, ashereinafter more full y described.

In the accompanying drawing- Figure 1 represents my improvement asapplied to the horses hoof.

Figure 2 is a top view of the plate connected with the horseshoe.

-k Figure 3 is a vertical section of fig.'2 on the line Similar' lettersof reference indicate correspiniding parts.

-horse, as seen in tig. 1.

tached to the plate, and buckled over the instep of the The plate iskept in place bythe. common blunt calks of the shoe at heel and toe,between which the plate is designed to lit, as seen in iig. 2. i

The clks C and l) on the plate may be formed thereon, or he madedetachable, sothat they can be renewed without renewing the plate.

This plate entirely shields the frog and hollow of the llorses foot, andprevents his balling7 in the snow, and the entrance of stones and dirt,as well as injury to the. foot in various ways, as, for instance,stepping upon nails, spikes, or any sharp O1' pointed instrument ormaterial. p

A layer of Indiarubber or other elastic material may be placed betweenthe plate-and the shoe, and the strap, by which the pla-te is fastenedat the heel, may be of more elustie material than leather, itl desired..

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 'lhe plate-B,provided with the toe and heel-calks G and D, and secured in place bymeansrof the hook E, and strap l", substantially as shown and described.rlhe above specification of' my invention signed by me this 9th day ofAugust, 1870.

JOHN S. ROBERTSON.

Witnesses:

ROBERT HUs'rnn, JAMES HUNTER.

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